Birgitt --
Well the one truth we can rely on is the truth of our own experience,
and often the most direct way to uncover this is to be connected with
our feelings. Otherwise, there is the data that we have access to,
in the context of client organizations, this would encompass the
"givens" in the sense that you use them in reference to Open space.
To stay in touch with our truth, it means we must do our own work
around being able to show up and be present. If we haven't done this
-- as Kathie Dannemiller once pointed out to me -- we can't really be
good consultants to our clients because we will need to be consulting
to our own needs.
I think if we show up, openly and honestly, with all we know and all
we are, we have good chance of engaging in a truthful manner. I
think absolute and relative truths are things that come up when we
try to deal with experience from an abstract perspective. I think
they are the children of academics and theologians, attempts to
create and "objective" reality.
Kenoli
Kenoli,
I am wondering what your thoughts are about "truth"--> relative truth,
absolute truth, truth for the moment???? I agree it is powerful and I know
my personal experience when I hear a "truth" and yet I cannot define what
truth is.
Blessings,
Birgitt
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Oleari
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 6:40 PM
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Subject: Re: Central Asia
Uwe -- I think this quote from your email could be carved in stone
somewhere;
"people can live with constraints and limitations, but not with
deception and lies."
Truth is incredibly powerful, and the deeper the truth, the more
powerful. We need to tell our truths about ourselves, too, and about
the costs that may come from accepting any particular set of
constraints, or the costs we may have already paid. Telling the
truth can be used to justify not so desirable situations, also, when
we do not feel free to act. Truth is most powerful when it is given
with authenticity and openness to honoring free choice within the
existing constraints. Can we honor our freedom and right and
responsibility to act to determine our futures, as well as to talk
about them? Can we take full responsibility?
Kenoli
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